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Art thread. John William Godward

b. 1861, d. 1922
painter
British.

Little has been recorded of the life of John William Godward. Inspired by the painter Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, Godward imitated his Neoclassical style. Both were counted among the members of the "Marble School," known for its depictions of subjects drawn from ancient Greek and Roman life placed in elaborate settings, with especially careful and realistic rendering of details like marble and flowers.

Godward regularly exhibited his paintings at the prestigious Royal Academy in London, where they were initially greatly admired by the public. By the time he was in his fifties, however, the Marble School's approach had fallen out of favor. Godward nonetheless continued to paint in this manner until his death at age sixty-one.


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Godward is yet another late 19th century neoclassical painter who was bulldozed aside with the coming of the modernist stampede of the early 20th century. At an exhibit of various paintings of this genre at the Getty Museum I asked some questions of the docent about Godward and she showed me the sum of the information available on him and his works (she claimed this was all that has ever been written about him) and it filled perhaps half a page. Unfortunately Godward committed suicide after being savaged by critics and reportedly left a note indicating something to the effect that the world was not big enough for him and a Picasso.

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Very pretty, those art pieces. Thanks/

I just came back from ID celebration open house
of an Art Gallery owned by a friend of mine.

Lots of visitors and plenty of food.

I took my two teenage boys with me.

I was a bit over dressed in a sense
as the artists community is just quite different.

I am not an artist thus I did not realise until I was there.
Except a few, most of them came very casual.

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Did you take any pictures???

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The gallery or the crowd?

Well, we planned to but, alas.

I had driven south about 250 KM,
in the morning
to fetch my son in college,
who had just finished his exam
and I was pretty sure the camera
was in the car. Reaching the art gallery.
we could not locate the camera.

So I said it could be in the other car.

That night, when we came back from the gallery
my son found the camera, under one of the seats.

[obmar]

Muslim art for some reasons
rarely do full body works.

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Yes, I know,

It was already evening, and it was cooler then.

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Something simpler, like this

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That is a pattern I would love to wear...

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How about this?

for the walls...

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Only if I can hire a professional to hang it for me.
That is a very beautiful pattern.

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I would be ashamed to post just a few images from this site, not share this whole site with you.

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[obmar]

That's one good site on this subject.

Thanks for sharing

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A picture can tell us a great deal...
There is nothing like being able to go see it first hand for yourself.
Allah be willing, one day in the future...
I may come to see the true beauty of your world.